Even though I set high expectations for my kids, I don’t conceal from them that I’ve fallen short of my own standards for them.
The other day my son asked how I did when I was in school and I admitted to him that I had to go to summer school to avoid failing 6th and 7th grades. My senior year? I failed that one too. I not only retook my 12th grade year but barely passed it the second time around, finishing nearly last in my class of 1988. (more…)
PapiBlogger was part of a distinguished national panel of fathers who appeared on National Public Radio (NPR) today to talk about “Dads Do Parenting and Education on Their Terms”. Click on the radio player link above to hear the 12 minute segment. (more…)
Beth Truett, president and CEO of Oral Health America shared some insights about how to get toddlers to brush their teeth. These tips are a perfect compliment to the British Teeth Trick I previously wrote about for older children. Check out that trick here.
We were sitting at a restaurant the other day when my 10-year-old son Jonathan excused himself to go to the “bathroom.” As I casually observed him leaving he pretended to walk in the direction of the restroom and then beelined straight to the tabletop shuffleboard game that was in my plain adult view. My wife, six year old daughter Elena and I were astonished he did this but (more…)
Here’s today’s national TV segment from Despierta America about PapiBlogger. Special thanks to our sponsors McDonald’s, Sprint Nextel, Chevrolet Traverse and Sony. Even though PapiBlogger is a bilingual site focused on the topic of creative parenting it’s very rewarding to know that a parenting web site by a Latino gets this recognition. This one’s for all our Mami Blogger friends!
PapiBlogger and his family are scheduled to appear on the prestigious Univision Network show “Despierta America” for a segment about PapiBlogger and the unique journey the family took this summer through 12,000, 46 days and 33 states. The PapiBlogger Family Road Trip was fully sponsored by McDonald’s, Sprint Nextel, Chevrolet Traverse and Sony. Obviously we have no control at what time and how the story runs but word is that tomorrow is the magic day! Tune in!
The terrible “P” word finally reared its ugly head into my house the other day so like fighting a King Cobra that’s snapping at my family I stomped it dead in its tracks.
“Privacy” is the “P”-word I’m talking about. My 10-year-old son Jonathan uttered that word to me the other day for the first time as he ATTEMPTED to lock me out of his bedroom. The problem for him was that I actually don’t believe in “privacy” for kids under 18. Here’s why you shouldn’t either: (more…)
MIAMI, FL (September 13, 2010) – Latino parenting blogs PapiBlogger and Mamá Contemporánea are issuing a “national call for gift ideas” for the 2010 PapiBlogger Holiday Gift Guide. The attractive, fully bilingual guide will be published and distributed nationally on November 8. The deadline to submit gift ideas for this special shopping guide is October 26.
“I have a lot of respect for the mami bloggers and am very proud to be working on this guide with Mamá Contemporánea because she’s one of the best ones,” said Manny Ruiz, publisher of the creative parenting site PapiBlogger and the first Latino father blogger in the nation. (more…)
The annual Fall TV season is underway and that means families are about to start squabbling about who’s watching what shows and when on what TV.
During my teen years I rarely experienced this TV dilemma because we had FOUR TV sets in my house. (more…)
For many reasons that are largely out of my control, my two older children from my previous marriage Jonathan (10) and Elena (6) are currently not as bilingual as they should be. They understand a lot of Spanish but they barely speak it. Having been raised to be fully bilingual has been such a blessing for me that it drives me crazy to think they may not end up fully bilingual. (more…)
I hate crude and curse words so much, especially from the mouths of children, that in my house my kids are not allowed to say even say the words “fart” or “farted.” I don’t know about you but this particular word is one of the most detestable ones in my book because I’ve actually been present when kids have outed their parents in public for “farting.” (more…)
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